4.1: Bodies of chicks jettisoned into the trash:
this is the unavoidable fate of the male chicks

4.2: In the breeding cages, this machine
cuts the chick's beaks

4.3: Cutting the beaks prevents adults in the overcrowded
cages from hurting themselves and others.

No to eggs Egg production translates to the death of the hens and male chicks. Hens normally would live fifteen years outside of this prison, but in breeding cages their lives are short (about 2 years) and when their productivity slows down they are slaughtered. Don't be fooled, the consumption of eggs also stimulates meat production. Beyond the shortened lifespan of the dead hens, there is also intense exploitation of these animals. The male chicks, which are useless to the productive cycle, are thrown into a mincer to become feed. Even worse, they are simply suffocated or just left to die in great heaps.

4.4: Hens used for egg production are raised in battery cages.
Notice the soil (excrement) everywhere.

4.5: Only freedom allows the animals to
satisfy their natural needs.

No to dairy Many people are unaware that cows and calves are killed in the process of production of dairy products. These cows would normally live twenty years, but in the factory farming, they are slaughtered when their production diminishes, normally after only five to six years. The calf, torn from its the mother after birth, is destined for a short life and an early trip to the slaughterhouse to become veal. Alternatively, the calves are fattened up for two years, only to be slaughtered to become steer meat. Cows are inseminated artificially because if they don't give birth every year to a calf, which would be pre-destined for the slaughterhouse after one year, then the cows would be unable to produce milk daily. Moreover, cows are bred to increase their milk production, even when this induces genetic defects in the animals which cause great suffering. The calves are isolated in a box, their legs chained and subjected a diet devoid of iron which renders them weak and anemic. Why this abnormal and inhumane treatment? So consumers can indulge themselves in what they consider meat that "tastes better". This is why vegans do not eat dairy or dairy products. Vegans don't care if cheese does or does not contain animal rennet - which is obtained from the stomach of the slaughtered animals. Cheeses, even if biological, are always obtained from the suffering of many animals.

4.6: Calves, characteristically pale from the breeders
infliction of anemia, separated from the mother
and raised for meat production.

4.7: Calves are supposed to be nourished by their mother.
However, calves that are slaughtered at the age
of one year are primarily fattened on fodder.
And the milk that the cows would have used to
nourish their calf, is packaged for human consumption.

"As we have seen, the veal industry is an offshoot of dairying. Producers must ensure that their dairy cows become pregnant every year in order to keep them in milk. Their offspring are taken from them at birth, an experience that is as painful for the mother as it is terrifying for the calf. The mother often makes her feelings plain by constant calling and bellowing for days after her infant is taken. Some female calves will be reared on milk substitutes to become replacements of dairy cows when then read the age, at around two years, when they can produce milk. Other calves will be sold at between one to two weeks of age to be reared as beef in fattening pens or feedlots. The remainder will be sold to veal producers, who also rely on the dairy industry for the milk diet that is fed to calves to keep them anemic." Peter Singer - Philosopher - From "Animal Liberation"

4.8: This mother hen can roam free with its chicks,
without being imprisoned in a cage.

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